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Hey i need help identifying one of my fish, and ive always thought it to be a demasoni, but after looking at more pictures im not too sure any more. If he/she is a demasoni i was going to convert my 50 gallon into a demasoni only tank heres a picture for reference, sorry for the quality but...

yeah i suppose just about 16 days, but i do also have a pretty good amount of plants. i will be watching the golden gourami to see his behavior, but as of now he doesnt seem to be too aggressive. btw i believe any type of lobster, cray fish would be a bad idea right, considering i do have live...

so i have everything set up, 4 rummy nose tetras 12 harlequin rasboras 12 glow light tetras 1 dwarf gourami 1 gold gourami 1 balloon ram 6 panda cories it seems to me that the balloon rams and dwarf gouramis are more sensitive than fish im used to, so i only have 1 left( maybe its just my...

ok so its been a while, i expect my plants and drift wood to be in tommorow, i talked to my lfs and they said they should be getting the fish sometime next week. but i got excited and bought 4 dwarf gouramis and 6 rummynose tetras for now, still curious if bolivian or balloon rams would work...

ok so i went to my lfs, and asked if they could help me order some fish, and they said they would try i asked for 10 harlequin rasboras 10 glowlight tetras 6 panda cories i also saw some really nice looking balloon rams that they had, would adding 4-5 of them be a bad idea? i hear some have had...

well im going to be re-using a HOB type filter, it is pretty large, not sure of brand/model, but im pretty sure it will be sufficient. So i will probably have to go with the heater being inside the tank. I live in los angeles so the weather here is pretty nice all the time, i figure a 200W...

ok so past couple of days i sanded it down, and put on a few coats of varnish. so it is almost done, i just need doors which i can finish while i set up the tank. in terms of hardware im going to be using a 4 ft shop light that holds 2 long T8 lights(i may be wrong, they might be T12) i...

alright so here is my stand so far, its a little different from the normal ones, we used a piece of granite on top heres a low quality picture

oh i guess i confused banded gourami with rainbow fish, so i guess banded gourami are also called rainbow gourami? and rainbow fish are completely different? ill have to look it up. As far as my tank stand, it is slowly coming along, i will have a picture up soon.

thanks for the detailed reply, i will go ahead and do what you have said, i believe a lot of it was water circulation, i had a piece of plastic to reduce the water current because i used to have a betta and the current would push him around. but now i can remove it. i also had an ich problem...

ok so i have had this tank set up for almost 8 months, and i have been having algae problems. so i believe this is blue green algae. please verify. what can i do to prevent this? im thinking its co2 fluctuations i currently have no co2 system, it is a 15 gallon tank, with 2 flourecent 23...

i am in the market for a new betta, and he looks great, though i am in california so i dont know how well shipping will work for that

ok so far i have been getting more work done on the stand, and it is starting to look pretty good. I also checked out my lfs and they dont really have any of the fish i want for this tank. i talked to the owner and he said he can help me order them, so i think i will go with a stocking like...

im starting to like cories more now, thought i still really like shrimp. i guess i can add shrimp to my smaller 15 gallon i have set up. i really like panda cories, but if i dont have any shrimp, would there be a good alternative that can help control algae? i understand that plecos can grow...

ok so after more researching i noticed that rummys were said to be sensitive, and keyholes may eat smaller fish so i think i like the idea of ranbow fish (these are banded gourami correct?) but would they be aggressive among one another if i wanted 3-4 for the schooling fish i think ill...

thanks for the replys, i think that i would probably go with rummys and harlequins since i have neons in my smaller tank. Though i am not sure how well they will contrast the colors of plants and a dark background. Will they look fine or are there more colorful hardy shoaling fish. i was...

ooh i like harlequins, do you guys think the tank would look better with 2 large shoals of fish or multiple smaller shoals. like 20 harlequins and 20 rummy nose tetras or 10 harlequins 10 rummy nose 10 something else 10 something else as for centerpiece fish, key hole cichlids look great, i was...

i know, i hope to find someone that has a nice pond or something that can take them

i have a 40-45 gallon tank that is currently cold water with 2 kois and 5 gold fish. im planning on getting rid of these fish, either sell or donate. once theyre gone and i have a stand built i want to set up a tropical tank. the tank measures 48 inches long by 15 inches wide and 17 inches...

hello everyone, i was given a 40 gallon tank, with 2 large koi fish and 5 gold fish i realized that the tank they are in is much too small for the koi, so i want to donate them and go with a tropical set up, these fish can be much happier in a large pond or something. my question is, can i sell...

i added more neon tetras so now i have 11 neon tetras 1 crowntail betta 2 xray tetras i think i might be able to add a few more fish, since these neon tetras are so small. i might get rid of the x rays i was thinking of getting some kind of shrimp, maybe a few amano or cherry shirmps

ok so i was able to give the angel and the 3 zebra danios back to the lfs. (This is a 15 gallon tank) i bought new plants, 6 neon tetras and a crowntail betta so right now i have 6 neon tetras 2 x ray tetras 1 crowntail betta here is a quick picture of the tank. any advice for further...

thanks for the input, and i have noticed how active the danios are and if the lfs will take them back as well, maybe i can start over with new types of fish. i was looking into cardinal tetras though i hear they can be sensitive when transported but hardy once settled. so i was thinking for them...

yeah i was actually thinking about that, the angel is about 4 inches tall from the top fin to bottom fin is he already too big? i did want to have a better shoaling(or is it schooling?) effect in the tank as well. i heard that both the x ray tetras and danios do best is groups of about 6 or...

hello everyone, it has been quite a while since i posted here. just a quick update as to how everything has been going: all my fish are healthy and my tank has not really changed much. i did start to get an algae problem, but my water quality seems to be good. algae also grows on my plants and...

I just got a new tank, or well a used tank. It was given to us by a family friend, it is about an 80 gallon with 2 pretty big koi fish and 5 other gold fish, they were feeder fish that just grew over time. i am well aware that the tank is too small to house all of the fish. But for the time...

oh thanks a lot for the help, i guess i can relocate the egeria into another tank i have that is at a lower temperature. "mystic" haha well too me it feels empty, i like some of the other well planted tanks on the forums posted by other board members, and i think it will look better with more...

the temperature of the tank is about 79-82 Fahrenheit, and uh can someone identify what type of plant is on the right, because i think i might add some more of those since they seem to be doing well. i think anubias look good for the foreground, and maybe the aponogeton, and hygrophyla in the...

ok so i have set up my first fresh water tank. it is a 15 gallon i have 2 flourecent bulbs(23 watt but it says 100 watts of output) using gravel as substrate as for fish stocking i have 1 angel fish, 3 zebra danios, and 2 xray tetras i have some plants on the left of the tank that are doing...

thanks for all the help so far, here is an updated picture of my tank when my betta was still in it, he is currently in a vase until i find a permanent home for him the coconut will eventually go into the smaller tank that will house my betta. the stocking now is 1 angel fish 3 zebra danios 2 x...

2/23/10 ammonia 0 ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 20ppm ph 7.6 so ive had these results for just about a week now with no water changes, i think i have completed fish in cycling. So how often would i have to change water in a cycled tank? or whats a general routine to vacuum the gravel, like 25% a...

ok so i have heard of people using play sand, is this the stuff in sandboxes that can be found in hardware or toystores( i suppose as long as the sand is aragonite)is this the cheapest type of sand to use, or what is? Powerheads- if i got this right they are used to provide a current in the...

2/22/10 ammonia 0 ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 20ppm ph 7.6 does this mean that im pretty close to a cycled tank, its almost been a week of these results? i have not done any water changes since. my betta has been placed into a jar until i find a separate tank for him.

hmm ok so if i got this right the things i would need to set up a tank would be fish tank 1-2 pounds of live rock per gallon of water heater lights sand(live sand?) maybe a sump? i also heard of protein skimmers, is this necessary?, what else am i missing

Alright so i have small amount of experience with setting up my fresh water tank( a 15 gallon). The family has decided that we should get a big tank for the house somewhere in the 80 gallon range. We decided that salt water would allow us to have nicer looking fish than freshwater. SO to...

2/20/10 did not test 2/21/10 ammonia 0 ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 20ppm ph 7.6

turns out that my angel fish grew a bit since i bought him and started nipping at my betta more aggressively now. i dont really want to put him back in the jar but i might have to for now as his tail is shredded up(hes a veiltail i think but looks more like a crown tail now). any suggestions, i...

hmm thats some pretty good information, thanks i dont have any 13W spiral bulbs on me, i only have the higher wattage ones, like 60W+ and they dont seem like they would fit in the fixture. 2/16/10 ammonia 0 ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 20ppm ph 7.6

ok so the water test results for 2/15/10 ammonia .5 ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 20ppm ph 7.6 hmm so ammonia came back, whats this mean other than that im still in the cycling process

tank volume 15 gal lights are on for about 12 hours a day, and maybe 6 hours on 2 days during the week when i have school the bulbs say 25W, there are 2 bulbs